Fruit-marking method



FILED FEB. 2. 1922.

Patented .dem 9, i923.

REX DE ORE MODELL, Ol I-IANES CITY, FLOBDA.

FRUITMARKING METHOD.

Application filed February 2, 1922. Serial No. 533,643.

State ol" Florida. have invented a new andr useful Fruit-lllarking Method.

The object oi' my invention is to provide a novel fruit markingv stamp adapted to permanently apply some distinctive tradename or design to the skin oil" the fruit, and to provide a method of marking fruit, one of the steps oit the said method involving; the use ot a suitable stampy sneh as is hereinafter described; and Jfor other purposes.

l attain the object of my invention in part by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which-- Figure l is a face vienT of the stamp;

Fig. 9. isl a side elevation o' saine; and

Fig. 3 is a greatly enlarged transverse section through the stamp on line 3-3 oli Fier. l.

Like numerals designate like parts in each olf the several views.

Referring to the accompanying drawings l. provide a suitable base l ot' any suitable material, wood, steel or vulcanized libre. Embedded in the base l l provide suitable small spikes 2 arranged to torni the marl: 30 or design which it is desired to apply to the fruit. l further provide a suitable resilient and absorbent pad 3 of some sneh material as :telt and mounted over the points ot the spikes 2 so that its top surface is either alined with the pointsot the spikes or positioned" slightly beyond the saine as il-lnstrated in' Fig. 3.

In carrying out my -niethod of marking fruit l irst` utilize the stamp by pressingy it on the snrfaee oit the lruit so as to cause the 4o points ot the spikes to penetrate the shin ot the fruit and niark the design permanently f thereonvand depositinpT the fluid under the skin.

.ingr i' uit l apply a eoatinqof War; or a pa Hin sointion'to the `surface oi.: the skin et the fruit, thus closingv or coating; the perfoi-ations made by the stamp and thereby prinfenting` organic infection of the fruit.

ldlhat liclaiin is: f

l. ,er method of marking yfruit Consisting'` in applying a predetermined design or trade-marit by means of a stamping device having` inlred needles that penetrate the 55 sltin of the lfrnit; and thereafter applying' a elieinioally non-active liller to the surface ot the sl in ot the :fruit to close the pluietnres made by the stamp. y l

il. a, nen` article ol' manufacture Llor 60 'use in iniflrliing lruiny a lmee having; the shanlts olf small spikes embedded therein and arranged to 'forni the desired design or tindemai'l, and an absorbent pad mounted on the face of' the stamp and havingits 65 outer surface positioned on a plane With or beyond the points et the spikes.l

REX DE ORE MCDLL.

the secon d step in my process of mark# 

